Imaging a new Dell Latitude E6400

Below is my tiny little check list to Imaging a new Dell Latitude E6400 using GHOST.

Boot E6400
Enter BIOS Setep
-Go to System Configuration
--SATA Operation
---Switch from IRRT to ATA
Apply Settings and Exit

System restarts, hit F12 at boot menu
Boot to USB BartPE disc
Image the system with GHOST

When imaging completes, restart system
Enter BIOS Setep
-Go to System COnfiguration
--SATA OPeration
---Switch from ATA to IRRT
Apply Settings and Exit



Reboot and you should be done, my last step was to run the MS NewSID executable upon first boot up to rename the system and run a new random SID.

Cool File Recovery Tool

Haven't tried this yet, but it may come in handy in the future.

DiskDigger can recover files from any type of media that your computer can read. This includes USB flash drives, memory cards (SD, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, etc), and of course your hard drive. The types of files that it recovers includes photos, videos, music, documents, and other formats.

DiskDigger works by thoroughly scanning each sector of your media for traces of files. This has some advantages and disadvantages (read on to find out).

Send e-mail to cell phones

Send e-mail to cell phones. You can send e-mail to anybody, as long as their cell phone supports Short Message Service (SMS).

1. Create a new e-mail message.
2. In the To text box, enter the cell phone number using the following syntax: 10-digit-number@carrierdomain.com
3. Send the e-mail.

Below is a list of the major carrier domains:

Alltel	@message.alltel.com
Cingular/AT&T	@txt.att.net
Nextel	@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint	@messaging.sprintpcs.com
SunCom	@tms.suncom.com
T-mobile	@tmomail.net
VoiceStream	@voicestream.net
Verizon	@vtext.com

Virtual CloneDrive

http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html

Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files generated with CloneDVD or CloneCD can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into a normal CD/DVD drive.

Probably the best virtual drive software, Virtual CloneDrive allows you to enjoy the freedom of a virtual drive and is completely free.

Features

• Supports all common image formats such as ISO, BIN, CCD
• Supports up to 8 virtual drives at the same time
• Easy to use - just double-click an image file to mount as a drive
• Virtual CloneDrive is freeware, you may use it at no cost.

System Requirements

• An IBM-compatible personal computer with a minimum 500 MHz Pentium-class microprocessor (1 GHz recommended) and 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/XP64/VISTA/VISTA64
• If you use Windows 2000 or Windows XP you must be an administrator to install Virtual CloneDrive

Directory Printer v5.3.1

Nice power tool

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp

Directory Printer v5.3.1

** Updated November 17, 2008

No more fumbling with My Computer or Windows Explorer, wishing you could print information about all your files. Karen's Directory Printer can print the name of every file on a drive, along with the file's size, date and time of last modification, and attributes (Read-Only, Hidden, System and Archive)! And now, the list of files can be sorted by name, size, date created, date last modified, or date of last access.

Mac OSX 10.4.x finder is crashing/looping/closing folders

This was past on to me by a fellow coworker, sounds like a handy tip.

If your finder is crashing/looping/closing folders!!!

It took me weeks(!) to find this solution here, but I think at least for me it worked and could be helpful for anyone else who has this or similar issues (such as when typing you lose the cursor and you have to click back into the program you are using) after the last Apple Security Update that caused this bug.

I do not know if this will work for everyone, but it worked for me.

It seems all to be linked to Stuffit and a preference called Stuffit AVR (Archive Via Rename): In your system preferences go to the bottom and click on the Stuffit AVR option. Click the Stuffit AVR tab on the left, and click the "STOP" button. This should do the trick. For some reason this is cycling through our desktop/finder and causing so much of the frustration since this update.